[BERG] BERG/SHAIR 12th February

Dear all, Hope you had a great weekend. In the next BERG/SHAIR meeting this week, Yoorana Peyre will present her latest work on her project: Impact of short and long exposure to low and high temperatures on bumblebees’ (Bombus terrestris audax) cognition. The meeting will take place in the Common Psychology room at 4pm, Wednesday. Here is the abstract for the talk Pollinators, including bumblebees, are crucial for food production and ecosystems’ integrity. Pollinators are threatened by numerous factors of anthropogenic origin, among which climate change is one of the most impactful. While the effects of climate change on pollinators’ relationship with plants as well as on their physiology and phenology start to be well acknowledged, studies about how it might impact their cognitive abilities are still rare even if they are fundamental to understand how it might influence their foraging strategies, their fitness and therefore the pollination service they provide. My study investigates how a short and long exposure to abnormally high and low temperatures impact crucial bumblebee’s cognitive abilities such as learning and memory. link to connect online https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NTliODBlNDQtMzM1MC00… Best, Alex ________________________________ Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159